RequestersRequestersThu, 21 Mar 2019 17:42:43 +0000Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:42:43 +0000MTurk Crowd | Mechanical Turk Community Forumhttps://www.mturkcrowd.com/forums/requesters.3/
Q. OCR????Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:27:58 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/q-ocr.4180/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/q-ocr.4180/invalid@example.com (Francine)Francine1Requesting Feedback on a HITWed, 06 Mar 2019 13:15:07 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/requesting-feedback-on-a-hit.4167/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/requesting-feedback-on-a-hit.4167/invalid@example.com (tjordans)tjordans
This is my first time posting to an MTurk forum. I'm a relatively inexperienced requester (carried out two big HITs in the past). I've got a HIT that's currently live (ID 3WZIO7X3RNZE98Q1E2CXUGHHR3LAXX)--a small trial run for a bigger HIT I'd like to get started this week.

In the current HIT, I'm asking people to read a blog post and determine it's purpose and topic, and to estimate about how much of the text is quoted from other sources. I've got 3,631 URLs to code in this way,...

Requesting Feedback on a HIT]]>Contacting MturkersFri, 08 Feb 2019 12:04:57 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/contacting-mturkers.4127/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/contacting-mturkers.4127/invalid@example.com (Fabricia)Fabricia
I've submitted a survey through MTurk a few days ago, but I need to send them a further message regarding the debriefing. I understand it is not allowed... but anyway, has anybody done it somehow?

Tks, it is my first time as a requester.]]>1Advice on collecting pseudocode dataThu, 07 Feb 2019 01:52:59 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/advice-on-collecting-pseudocode-data.4123/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/advice-on-collecting-pseudocode-data.4123/invalid@example.com (Sumith Kulal)Sumith Kulal
(new to the website here) I needed feedback from everybody for collecting pseudocode data. Our goal is generating simple English like sentences from lines of C++ code. A rough draft of the template is cs.stanford.edu/~sumith/mturk2.html

Note that the difficulty stems from C++ syntax, to aid with this we will:
1) Only use a small subset of C++ language with simple constructs.
2) Give plenty of hints so that the worker needn't know C++ beforehand.

The task might seem hard...

Advice on collecting pseudocode data]]>2What do you think of my "Vehicle Video Creation" HIT?Sun, 20 Jan 2019 19:10:01 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/what-do-you-think-of-my-vehicle-video-creation-hit.4094/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/what-do-you-think-of-my-vehicle-video-creation-hit.4094/invalid@example.com (lukelol)lukelol
I have created a small hit $5 x (5) for "Vehicle Video Creation" the job is to create a short 30-second video highlighting some information (in this case, the fuze box location) on any vehicle newer than 2000.

The goal of this hit is just a test to see the quality of mturker's videos. The long-term goal is to collect informational pieces on vehicles from all around the world. Ideally, we can get a few turkers that are able to go around to new/used car lots OR to junkyards and...

What do you think of my "Vehicle Video Creation" HIT?]]>1New requester: how to "advertise" a HIT, get more workers?Sun, 13 Jan 2019 20:00:30 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/new-requester-how-to-advertise-a-hit-get-more-workers.4080/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/new-requester-how-to-advertise-a-hit-get-more-workers.4080/invalid@example.com (TerraBerra)TerraBerraNew requester: how to "advertise" a HIT, get more workers?]]>5Conducting telephone interview during surveySat, 12 Jan 2019 23:54:41 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/conducting-telephone-interview-during-survey.4075/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/conducting-telephone-interview-during-survey.4075/invalid@example.com (Sean Dougherty)Sean Dougherty
I am testing my latest study by having people take it while on the telephone with me. This way I can fix anything that's hard to understand. I've conducted phone interviews with MTurk before, and while it's harder to recruit, I've spoken with some great participants in the past.

I think the survey task takes about 15-20 minutes to...

Conducting telephone interview during survey]]>7Redirecting Workers within a HitThu, 10 Jan 2019 23:34:53 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/redirecting-workers-within-a-hit.4073/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/redirecting-workers-within-a-hit.4073/invalid@example.com (Maggie)Maggie2People from Bangalore or IndiaMon, 07 Jan 2019 15:53:02 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/people-from-bangalore-or-india.4067/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/people-from-bangalore-or-india.4067/invalid@example.com (Tartle)Tartle
I want to contact people from Bangalore or even from India. One of my photographer friends is working on people associated with "microtask" jobs. He is interested to talk with them. It will be a great help if you can forward this to the relevant person. They can reach me directly on the message box. Thanks in advance.

PS: Sorry if you think it is spam.]]>Contacting workers through the Requester interfaceFri, 28 Dec 2018 12:48:06 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/contacting-workers-through-the-requester-interface.4039/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/contacting-workers-through-the-requester-interface.4039/invalid@example.com (FNAkun)FNAkun1Platforms and speedThu, 27 Dec 2018 15:05:59 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/platforms-and-speed.4031/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/platforms-and-speed.4031/invalid@example.com (charlie)charlie
We're seeing an increase in use of AWS and Azure for tasks that are not necessarily simple surveys. We're also seeing notes asking workers to have patience because the tasks are slow. Folks, if your task is running slow as dial up on these platforms then there is a problem. Either you have not dedicated enough resources to the virtual server or platform or you're using a local install of AWS or Azure on an old and slow machine, never recommended, but don't ask your workers to be patient.]]>iOS data entryWed, 19 Dec 2018 03:09:03 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/ios-data-entry.3840/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/ios-data-entry.3840/invalid@example.com (jazza)jazza
This is my first post on this forum.

How can I create a HIT that workers will add data to my iOS application on the app store.
The tasks are:
1)Download the app from the app store.
2)Go to an e-commerce link.
3) Retrieve the Product title, price and image.
4) Add it to my app.

The concern for me is downloading the app from the app store. Is this possible?

A requester account gives you a banner under your username so you're identifiable as a requester to members, and also allows you to add up to 50 participants to private message conversations.

Banner:...

Forum Requester Accounts]]>7New Requester: Seeking Advice on How to Limit a Batch to One WorkerWed, 05 Dec 2018 03:09:38 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/new-requester-seeking-advice-on-how-to-limit-a-batch-to-one-worker.3945/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/new-requester-seeking-advice-on-how-to-limit-a-batch-to-one-worker.3945/invalid@example.com (liam_w)liam_w
Brand new requester here. We have a large number of stores which we’d like to score on attributes that impact their performance (visibility, ingress-egress, etc.). There is some subjectivity involved in this scoring, so we would like to set up a feedback loop to help the worker align with how we would score a store.

Because of this learning curve we’d like to keep the number of workers limited and allow them to work on a large number of stores. We would start small, with...

New Requester: Seeking Advice on How to Limit a Batch to One Worker]]>4New Requester: Seeking Advice on How to Upload QualificationsTue, 20 Nov 2018 21:30:24 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/new-requester-seeking-advice-on-how-to-upload-qualifications.3957/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/new-requester-seeking-advice-on-how-to-upload-qualifications.3957/invalid@example.com (liam_w)liam_w
Following up on my previous posting, we've now created a customized qualification type (Store Evaluator 1). We created a csv with "Worker ID" in column A and "Store Evaluator 1" in column B. In row two we have "xxx" (the worker ID) in column A and "1" in column B. We named the file workers.csv.

From the Manage Workers page we clicked "Upload CSV" to load the file. However, it gives us the error "Your file could not be processed. Error on line 1."

Can someone see what are we doing wrong...

New Requester: Seeking Advice on How to Upload Qualifications]]>6[TODAY 1st of NOV] Guess the correlation and get up to $10Thu, 01 Nov 2018 14:03:23 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/today-1st-of-nov-guess-the-correlation-and-get-up-to-10.3914/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/today-1st-of-nov-guess-the-correlation-and-get-up-to-10.3914/invalid@example.com (amaatouq)amaatouq
We will run two sessions TODAY: the first session at 1 PM and the second at 2 PM ET. No repeat takers: workers are allowed to participate only in one session. There are two sessions today and future sessions will be announced later.

If the games become full while you are in the middle of the instructions, we will compensate you for showing up and you will be eligible for...

UserBob HITs ask you to record a video of the screen of your computer (or smartphone) and your voice while you complete a task. While you do this you need to talk out loud about what you are...

UserBob HITs]]>59NEW MULTI-PLAYER GAME STARTS TODAY (Tuesday 30th of October) at 11 AM ETTue, 30 Oct 2018 14:10:18 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/new-multi-player-game-starts-today-tuesday-30th-of-october-at-11-am-et.3908/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/new-multi-player-game-starts-today-tuesday-30th-of-october-at-11-am-et.3908/invalid@example.com (amaatouq)amaatouq
If the games are full or all HITs are consumed before you start the task, we will compensate you for showing up.

HIT Information:

Requester ID: A1IWL7HDIJ2T3Z

HIT title: [Play immediately] Estimate values interactively with others and get up to $12

Time: The study will be posted on the 30th of October (i.e., today, Tuesday) at 11 AM ET.

Expected HIT...

NEW MULTI-PLAYER GAME STARTS TODAY (Tuesday 30th of October) at 11 AM ET]]>New group of HITs (feedback welcome!)Sat, 13 Oct 2018 01:13:39 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/new-group-of-hits-feedback-welcome.3877/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/new-group-of-hits-feedback-welcome.3877/invalid@example.com (SAFE-OAI)SAFE-OAI1Webomates Publishing daily HITs in bulkThu, 27 Sep 2018 04:18:02 +0000https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/webomates-publishing-daily-hits-in-bulk.3848/
https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/webomates-publishing-daily-hits-in-bulk.3848/invalid@example.com (webomates)webomatesWebomates is working to create a responsive, adaptable and long-term community of workers. We publish HITs daily between 1:30 A.M - 5:30 A.M UTC, Monday to Friday. You can search our HITs using the keyword "webomates". And we look forward to continued participation.

Why work for Webomates HITs?

We have 24 hours payment policy.

We have ELITE group with exclusive workers for higher payment compared to...